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Fifteen British sailors from the HMS Cornwall were captured by Iranians as the Britons were conducting routine ship inspections in Iraqi territorial waters.
This is abou the rather surprising Iranian seizure at gunpoint of British RIVs and fifteen British sailors (courtesy here Ireland Online). The sailors and equipment were taken by a ‘radical Iranian force’ [...]
Archive for March 23rd, 2007
British sailors taken by Iranian revolutionary guards navy
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RIP, Bob
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Following Pakistan’s cricket team losing to Ireland in the World Cup, fans burned the team in effigy. It appears now in a shocking news report that Bob Woolmer ended up paying for the loss with his life under horrible circumstances. He will be posthumously honored with the prestigious ‘Sitara-i-Imtiaz’.
Bob Woolmer, 58, was found [...]



